This week we try to recover from our big Sweet 16 bash with a wide range of jams from all over the world, but mostly from Philadelphia for some reason. Weird. Anyhow, we have a debut from a former Pipette who got out while the getting was good, some rock/rap fusion that actually works, Finnish shoegazers, raw Jamaican dancehall and some good old dependable new wave pop from the UK. Lots of stuff to explore and crush on. I’m sure Walter would have loved them all.
 
Rose Elinor Dougall
She used to be a Pipette but don’t hold that against her — Rose’s debut single is a slice of dreamy chamber/jangle pop nostalgia that knocks her old band’s work into a cocked hat.

Street Sweeper Social Club
Pair the choppy guitar of Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello with the clever wordplay of the Coup’s Boots Riley and you might actually have yourself some rap/metal that’s worthwhile.

Erup
Rewind!!!

Philly bringing it hard this week with the light retro-gaze of Gildon Works, the garage-gaze of Sunsplit and the sweetly sung experimental new wave pop sounds of Arc in Round.

Obituaries
As their influences state, Obituaries are songs of the dead who inspire us.

The Answering Machine
Angular pop a la Good Shoes and Navvy, the Answering Machine deliver up their own brand of goodness:

Airship
More of the above.

The New Tigers
Lo-fi Finnish shoegaze with lots of promise and a ripping good cover of Teenage Fanclub’s “I Don’t Care”